Building Family Bridges.
This project is part of the Building Better Opportunities programme funded jointly by
The Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund. This is a proactive and
supportive project to improve the prospects for families with complex needs, by
working with various grass roots community organisations to remove the barriers that
prevent people from engaging in learning and other pathways towards employment.
By providing consistent support and constructive challenge through Family Support
Workers the Building Family Bridges project will enable participants to identify their
own long term employment aims and ensure that they are able to access existing
services, as well as filling gaps in those services such as family mediation or
opportunities (providing opportunities) for families to have positive experiences
together, building confidence and improving wellbeing.
The project aims to engage over 400 individuals as participants, with a wider reach
to engage their families and support networks. The outcomes for the project will
impact both the families and the wider community e.g. reduced call outs by police
and other statutory organisations, increased participation in healthcare, education
and first steps social care (rather than final steps)
The following vacancies are located with our partner organisations. Please use the
links below to find out further information on these roles.
Family Support Worker vacancies
There are several vacancies for Family Support Workers as part of this BBO project.
These vacancies are based across the wide range of partner organisations which
include: Berkshire Women’s Aid; DASH; Destiny Support; Groundwork South;
Home-Start Reading and Slough; Parents And Children Together; Mapis.
The Family Support Workers will be responsible for providing continuous support
and one to one mentoring and guidance for participants and their families to ensure
participants engage with the project and make progress towards their long term
goals. The workers will assist families to build the ‘bridge’ to services thereby
overcoming the individual barriers they face. The workers will ensure a bespoke and
tailored approach is taken and documented in a bespoke portfolio for each family.
Each partner will recruit and manage the family support worker according to their
own policies but each will incorporate the following key responsibilities into the
Family Support Worker Job Description.
Family Support Worker vacancies (Fixed term up to 31st October 2019)
Ground Work South Charity No. 293705
2 x 0.75 FTE
Contact: Laura Dyke 01322 384848
http://www.groundwork.org.uk/Sites/south/pages/Category/careers-at-groundworksouthsouth
Homestart Reading Charity: No. 1110638
0.4 FTE (15 hours per week)
Contact: Sarah Smith 0118 9650050 [email protected]
Homestart Slough : Charity no.1162003
0.49 FTE
Contact: 01628 661029 [email protected]
Parents And Children Together (PACT) Charity No. 285214,
1 X 1.0 FTE
Contact: Sam Ward 0118 4021706 www.pactcharity.org.uk
Destiny Support 1 x
0.7 FTE
Contact: Faith Kibaki [email protected] http://www.destinysupport.org.uk
Berkshire Womens Aid :
1 x0.45FTE
Contact: Amy Drake www.berkshirewomensaid.org.uk [email protected]
Dash Charity : Registered Charity Number 1127126
1 x0.35 FTE
Contact: Becky Spiller 01753 549865 www.thedashcharity.org.uk
The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) is a charity registered in England and Wales (number
1112775) and in Scotland (number SC039239) and a company limited by guarantee registered in
England and Wales (number 2806910). Registered address: 4 Luke Street, London EC2A 4XW.